Month: November 2016

By Jen C As the first snows of winter blew through Ottawa this week, Jackie and Laura were far north on a music-filled trip to Iqaluit. With the incredibly beautiful snowy lands of Nunavut as a backdrop, the founding Artistic Director of the Cantiamo Girls Choir of Ottawa, Jackie Hawley and its accompanist and composer-in-residence,… Continue reading NKVU: Connecting Canadians through the power of song!

By Anna C - Chorister This is my second year in Cantiamo's Training Choir. It's been a wonderful experience so far. Jackie and Laura choose (and even compose) lots of interesting music for us to sing, in different languages sometimes. We sang Klee Wyck, a song about Emily Carr who is one of my favorite… Continue reading Cantiamo Training Choir – a chorister’s perspective